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ABB Delivering Digital Solutions for China to Harness Maximum Heat from the Sun
ABB is supporting the Chinese government in its efforts to produce emissions-free electricity, delivering automation control solutions at the country’s first two concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.Building on the successful delivery of...
Your Next Pair of Sneakers Could Be Made from Coffee
Coffee is a big deal. While just a handful of countries dominate production, it’s consumed in vast amounts almost everywhere on the planet: around 2 billion cups are drunk every day.All that...
IEA Launches New Tool for Tracking Oil and Gas-Related Methane Emissions Worldwide
The International Energy Agency has launched a new online tool that tracks oil and gas-related sources of methane, a major and often overlooked greenhouse gas. The new “methane tracker” offers the most...
Supermarkets in Asia Are Now Using Banana Leaves Instead of Plastic Packaging
Supermarkets in Vietnam have adopted an initiative from Thailand that makes use of banana leaves instead of plastic as a packaging alternative.
Supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand earned praise on Facebook for coming up...
US Top of the Garbage Pile in Global Waste Crisis
The world produces over two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste every year, enough to fill over 800,000 Olympic sized swimming pools.
Per head of population the worst offenders are the US, as...
UK to Put Climate Crisis and Environment at the Heart of Overseas Aid
The UK will have an “ethical” development policy that puts the climate emergency and environmental protection at the heart of overseas aid, with more than £190m to be spent directly on climate-related...
Renewable Jobs Around the World Topped 11 Million in 2018
Renewable jobs around the world topped 11 million in 2018.That’s according to the latest analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – this figure compares with 10.3 million clean energy jobs...
US Defense Operations ‘Create More Emissions Than Sweden’
The defense operations of the US create more greenhouse gas emissions than Sweden and Portugal.That’s the conclusion reached in a new study published by Brown University in Rhode Island, which states the...
Malaysia to Send Plastic Waste Back to UK and Other Foreign Countries
The Malaysian Government has ordered several thousand tonnes of imported plastic waste to be sent back to the countries it came from, including the UK and US.Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said...
Most Technologies and Sectors ‘Not Keeping Pace with Long-Term Energy Goals’
Most technologies and sectors are not keeping pace with the long-term goals of the clean energy transition.That’s according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests many types of energy asset are...
New York Is Curbing Food Waste and Helping People in Need with a New Initiative
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature reached agreement on one of the most pro-environmental budget sessions in many years.Not surprisingly, Albany’s agreement on a new comprehensive congestion...
Deforestation in Tropical Countries Linked to European Diets in New Study
One-sixth of the carbon footprint of the average diet in the European Union can be directly linked to deforestation in tropical countries, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University...
Russia to Release Hundreds of Illegally Captured Orcas and Belugas from ‘Whale Jail’
Russian authorities have announced that they will release all 97 whales currently being held captive in the country’s Far East.The whales made news in November last year when an aerial drone video...
IEA: Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record High in 2018
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions hit a new record last year, with an increase of 1.7% globally.That was a result of higher energy consumption, which grew by 2.3% – nearly twice...
Hong Kong Is at the Heart of Global Wildlife Trafficking
Hong Kong is a small autonomous territory with fewer than 7.5 million residents. Yet this bustling urban center in southeastern China is at the very center of the global wildlife trafficking trade,...
Could US Overtake Saudi Arabia as World’s Top Oil Exporter?
The US will start exporting more oil than Russia and could potentially overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s top exporter in the next five years.The forecast from the International Energy Agency (IEA)...
